Pinnotheres laquei sakai (Decapoda: Pinnotheridae), a tiny crab commensal within the brachiopod Laqueus rubellus (Sowerby) (Terebratulida: Laqueidae)

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 303-311

  Feldmann, Rodney M ^a   Mackinnon, David I ^b   Endo, Kazuyoshi ^c   Chirino Galvez, Luis ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC ASSOCIATION; BRACHIOPOD; CRAB; FOSSIL RECORD; LAQUEUS RUBELLUS; PINNOTHERES LAQUEI;

EID: 0029770056     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000023398     Document Type: Article

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